La Panadería, gastropub, burger spot planned for retail development near The Rim

La Cantera Heights includes the northwest and southwest tracts off La Cantera Parkway and I-10.

La Cantera Heights includes the northwest and southwest tracts off La Cantera Parkway and I-10.

Photo: Illustration Courtesy Of JLL

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La Cantera Heights includes the northwest and southwest tracts off La Cantera Parkway and I-10.

La Cantera Heights includes the northwest and southwest tracts off La Cantera Parkway and I-10.

Photo: Illustration Courtesy Of JLL

La Panadería, gastropub, burger spot planned for retail development near The Rim

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La Panadería, Thirsty Lion and Burgerim are among the restaurants opening in summer 2020 at a new retail development across from The Rim shopping center.

Redlands Grill, a chain owned by J. Alexander’s Holdings, also is coming to the center.

The 19-acre project, called La Cantera Heights, includes the northwest and southwest tracts off of La Cantera Parkway and Interstate 10. The southern section, which opens first, encompasses about 35,000 square feet of retail space.

The other slice includes a 20,000-square-foot multitenant building with a 7,000-square-foot restaurant.

Austin-based CSW Development is partnering with USAA Real Estate on the project, and the groups broke ground on the first phase Wednesday.

The development is fairly small and features entertainment and service-oriented restaurants and stores — a reflection of the changes happening within retail, said Barry Haydon, senior vice president at JLL. The real estate firm is handling the leasing.

“It’s not dependent on big-box stores,” he said. “It’s focused on daily needs.”

CSW and USAA are targeting first-to-market businesses, such as Thirsty Lion, a gastropub and grill chain based in Portland, Ore. The company’s restaurant at La Cantera Heights is its first in San Antonio.